Planographic-printing press.



' manine-Printing Presses, of

or tvvo color printing on one einen@ etienne einen@ envien noem@ 'nemen `menigeen,erf sconce @time nevi menen. eneimeeenmoeniivmive eenen.'

To all .fw/wm il! may concern.'

Ec it known that I, Rosoni Tienen Jorim# cron, e citizen of the Uniteei Stzitesfresitling et Scotch Plains, in the-county 'of Union and State of New Jerney, lieve invented certrain new end useiiil improvements in iPlencwiiicii the fcllevzing is e specification.

This invention relates to printing preeece in genesel and more particularly to rotary4 preeeee end nime to produce e prese oithie eeneriil character which een be used .either side of .the

einer or for erfecting printing, i. e., printine7 4upon bot sides of the peper in single co one.,

it 'ie also en objectief iriy inventionrto provicle e. -novel peper cerrying or printing cvliner enel feeding emi delivery mechenieine and rintiiig vnieclienisni, ell ccnetmictcd en arranged to cepei'iite, with eeielpepei carrying cyliner eo ne tc'vvorli in e moet ecicnt, satisfactory enti economicel mennen and cepebleioi converting the pre-zie b1 c single, simple edjuetment iome tivo eo orprese toeJ peicetmg prece iin vico verse. i flinotlie' object of the invention'ie to provide e machine 'which shell Y construction with the plete cylinders located in en eeeily accessible position, uncles. the coneent inspection of' the operator end cbove'tlie feeding and delivery ni'eclieiiiemel when@ they will not collect the pe. er dust which is constantly felling iroin t e peper es it is feci along.

Other objects and advantages of the preeinvcniionwill be apparent from the oilowing description when coneidei'e in coiincction with the. accompanying drevvinge iliuetrting one prei'es're embodiment therein i'iei'zeii'inglv to the drewinge, the single 5ggui'c is e si e elevetion oi e, prece embodying one ici'm ci my invention. i

@n thedi'siwingge, et one'eiid ci the mein iran-ie 5 of the machine there ie mounted the suY ply teble 6 ecliipteii` to cerny e eup- `ly oi peper find upon the opposite end-ie iacceteti the cleliveramechenism the, etiucliereinefter ileecriiiesi.

The peper carrying ie rotatably mounted "on the' frame ci ihe cnceeetien c2 Lcttereietent. Application flle Bcccnieer 18, w11. Serial No. Gtfl.

ice ci cempect A lines oi clemziifcatioii. The cylincier illus" tinted on the .drawings com rises three ecc tionedesiignete ne a, b andpc, respectively, i'eferubly eeperated one frcm the otiicnbv loi'igitudiiiiil grooves or'depreeeions 8. Ecc

incliviunl section is equipped its icrvvniel edge with grinpern cleeignetetl es 9, i0 enel The pepec carrying cylei' 1S provided on its peri liery et one end with c. geen meshing vvit end driven by the car 12 mounted on the mein elicit 13. Tine simili may be. driven in any suitable mennen but in the present instance l 11 res i ectiveiy.

have shown lfor purposes' oi illuetretion e gazier 1i mounted on the outer end of tiie e sift end meshing with the driven gear 15 eonnecteiwitli the elicit o e 'nic-toi' 16. lt

will be obvious, 'lioweven that any einery suitable driving mechcniem mcy be ene c ployed, ii Breierieel.' @Eecli vsection ci? tile peper carrying cylinder 7 is preferably covtiredl itli .e rulibci oi' impneceion sheet adapted to serve either ce impreeeicii eurfccee or transfer kencierro-e the `mennen in which tlie 1ieeecliiiie ie op driven et tlie eemc peripheral epe-ed ee the saper cylinder so tiiet e elieet ie cicli'vercol ya tlieeed roll only to elterncte'eete o gripere on the peper carrying cylinei.

will be obvious en the operation of i invention is netter iiiidcietood the?, cene? forms of ieetlinii; devices mcy be ensigiieyeei l een a n. in* eu of the ieeoiiiig .cylinder eliovin ie being neoeecery, civ course, liowevev, et

depending upon e 'carrying cylinder :incl 'seid ee roll, in e the tim' ci the ieciiig mechem@ il@ i v suoli that lie peper will be delivered to the peper ceinymg cylinei et proper prectermined times.

vUpon the rein'e ci the mecliine nocive the feeding end delivery mechnnieme sind on opposite sides otlie peper carrying; cylinder 7 are mounted c. peur of plete cylineie 19v and 20. The 1 ders are "feiern, j; divicd into eectienn eubstentie y eqiiel in length to the ecetione ci the cgliner 7, eccii plete eylinciee being; ivied into, two, eectiene, upon one eeeiion eripheriee ci these ovinioz' nliioli tice plete ie mounted,

tire o .tlie ciro cylinder leclerc the .outer foce' ereuces oi the ci? the plete eo that it never contacte with tlie poripiiory oi tliecylinder '7. The plete oyiindern cro oooh driven ct the seme porigglie'oi owed en the cylinder 7 so tliet ob viouely the nietes cerried thereby will copereto et euch revolution of the plete cylindere with citerne-ate sections o? the peper corryiug cylinder. lnk is supplied to the plete cylinder 19 und 20 from ink -foun mine 2l ond 22 through the intermediary osuitoble dietriloutincy rolls designated genemily by reference lleructers 23 ond 24 respectively. A water ountein 25 of usuel construction 'ie mounted edjecont the cylindex* id und e similar fountain 28 is mounted adjacent the cylinder Q0, eoid .fountains leasing ededto supply water to the platee on tuo cydcre, on reunir perroll 27 ie mounted edjecent the cylinder end on the o pooite end of the moeiiino tremo from' the eed linder 17, eeid r roll, boing e uippev 'with euiteble it adopted l ip the edge of e ci? er delivered trom the lander 7 und sheet ie stripped from t e curryue-e of the Strip er roll ie ulseten y equal to tile lengt ci one ot tlio neooif cylinder 7 end, einen oral est tile etriipor roll ie tile neeipizero oi. tito our rlinder, it

no evident tiret tue' maires roeoiutione to eeen oi tue cylinder. Aitor eeen etrinped trom the' corrying 't io delivered-upon 'time neet roroi or elio stripper roll to ,e delivery moeliviiioli muy bood any well imown or red oonotruotiou but which, in the prow t insieme, here chown ne compriso eliein 29 running oround 'euitoble acrecienta all) end 31 und equip the sheet oi peper troni the grippere 5B und remore the sheet from the etrlppor roll es the @zippers travel toward the sprocket 30. Tile enein 29 in driven from the stripper roll 27 by e goor connectionor my other euiteble driving meclionierm not uhown.-

rioting 'greso constructed in eccordonce with o ,toregoingdeeerigation ic concilio oi use" tirer no two color prees, printing on vone do oi' die e er only or ce o yerizeoting g .1. oud i Wi new describe the operation of o griego embodying m invention; when used es o two co or prec-e end then when uned oe o perfecting prece: When used e tino color prece the impreeeiofn muy be mode on the oper either directl from .the corri by the loto c lin ere 19 und El@ or, tire im zweien from t eee pieten muy leo inode on t e rubber olieete corrie-d by the A neder onto tico stripper roll. 'Eile oir--4 koi the cylinder Z9 e1. e.

N ed with e eet. off @nippone t2 odeptodlto reco vothe edge of Lorenzo cylinder 7 und then transferred from the :s leete to the peper. Assuming tiret, that it is desired to print directly ro'mlthe plates onto the peper carried by the cylinder 'I 5 A. eheet of paper is delivered by the feeding cylinder l? at the proper time to be engaged by the set of ippers 9. lAe. the cylinder 7 revolvee the s eet is luid u on the section a und is corried under the p, site on the cylinder 20lwl1icl'i delivers its im rcssion ugon the outer face of the paper. lhe cylinders 19 und 20 ure so adjusted that the pluies of euch ore brought in Contact with the sect-ion a und the pluto carried by the cylinder 1D ,delivere its imression to the outer face of .the paper on t e section a over the imprescion' delivered by the plate on the'cylmder 20. The cylinders 19 und 2O are preferably supplied with ink of diiierent colors witi the result tiret two color printing is reduced,

upon the .po er passed successive y under the platee. ince the circumference of tlie eedm cylinder 17 is substantially equal to two o the sections on the cylinder E it will be obvioue that the next sheet bi paper after the onoldelivered to the section a will be cielivered to the section c and that during the ere 19 end 20, also being of the come me come peripheral speed es the sectional cylin der?, will cooperate with elternetc eeetions. tico ceci-ion c will irst loo printedby tino cilinder 20 then iiy time cylinder le; the section o will ire skipped by both cylinders end the eection c which hue received e sheet oi peper from 'the Iieedingg4 -cylinder 17 will next lso printed by the cyl- -iudereil end 19, roepectiveyf The stripper roll 27, the circumference or which is reeticolly'equolto the length of one of t e sectiene, is adopted to operete only upon elter'-,

nete sections oi tlio o'yder 7 b reason of the foot that the grip ere of t is roll nre timed to 'open and c ceo upon alter-nnte revolutione of the roll eo that eeid stripper roll malice two revolutione ot each stripping v L g oi the mechine the sheete ore cljeroye fed to alternato cochone, the plete cyiin operation, e'. e., one revolution to etrlp thev Feuer from the cylinder 7 ond another revoution to deliver cold peper to the delivery chain 29. lt will thus be manifest that the feeding delivery und plete cylinders7 re aduyted to cooperate in .oueceeeion WitluN le section o the cylinder Z`. und succes ly with oiterneto eeetioue ther-eci When the prece ie employed ou e two color oeet preso the impro-seizing from the lutoe' on the cylinders 19 und iz instead of omg mede directly u on the peper corriod by the cylinder 7, oro eiirerod to the rubber transfer und impression sheets carried by the eeotione 'of the po. er curr ing cylinder,4

e, e., the impressione ot. both p etes ore mede Y ,3 im

il? isrereai veiori? @operating memoire tion emi es 'the peper ie leid collie-ematico eed is between me eeetion o eed 'the sur-Ease o the ee'ingg -cylnoler 17 the impression ce the rubber 'rzmeier eheei is treneerree to ehe ile/ce of elle peper lying next eo the sheet 'Inf this *5ml-ence, tile eeriper roll 27 ie time to remove' tile eheeieom the fell 7 rritiioiie ermittieg einem toease oreeeci alie roll. en other words; the sheere are cerrie by elle roll 7 oriiy rom .the ieedcylinder 17 tothe eirip er :foil 2'? in- :e o' mekimg one cop eee revolution "r ii the eyiocler l m per@ ei eioliier es is ieee wiieoelie preee ie oeereee ee e erro i legge printing machine, ee .previouely 5,51 l e eee machine is uee e perfeoeiog e, e., io prime in'eizasgio colore upon boek i, o eine pegser one ofelie plee@ cylinders er eo deliver. ier, im reeeioxi Sie ereeeer or the cy ieder l i e oilier @ieee eyiieier iev iimeel'ze ile impreeiieri riireeiiy upon the o' eheyepe @het eyiieelerjie deiwere les, impreeeioneo :ee ermecr eiieet o' il@ prime ireeely epee fee peper, eeien c@viii be ee ioilowe: 'The irene# en @he eeciee o hee reeeiveel ite imeezi from the cyiimier 19. Thie impreeo ireeeerro to z'ie elieee of peper deiey .eee eyliner li. Ato 'seid epplie .to the The eive reieeion- "with eine p ete eylincler .l

wliiei is timed to engage the section a eed deiirer ite impression upon the outer'eee of? 'the peper carried iiereby. A'S the section e carrying the eiiee' o' oper tile cylinder 19 ehe pleine of e ie cylinder-ie in ieopereeive releeion wiili elio eeeeion emi 'the peper ereveie eroim to the :strip ery roll 27 Where it ie etrippf'ed from the oy ander 'l end subsequently delivered eo the delivery mechanism 29. y. c

Ae previously eteie the ieee oyiinero 19 sind 20, the feeding cyiio er 1'? enclhe serir por roll 2? ell revel ee the eeme periphero speed es ehe eeeionel ehylinder 7 mid, simo the circumference of te pleeecylm ciers emi eine eeing cylinder ere liebsten# eieily equal eo the loom/i1 oi two eecioneof eine peper carrying cyiienierg. it Will be obvioue met every eleemete section of @be cyliner 'l ie eixipped b' eeclx of iiieee cylinere end @bee liese cy iedere copereee einem-4 sif'eij; 'open one eeceion, eixip ieg the next cee# with eine iolue coeerelmg.

lowing ezehien-om so on, i

eeoeioee, The

eeeemeireiy with eliereeee.

b a reii-eieo l efseiooe by rees-eri oi 'eliepeea ee gire the cylinder' 7 end the,

999GB carried around lie cylinder 7 airingviouelycieecribezi, elio@ eeicl ro ewo reolutione "ai each stripping; opereion, str1 pin e sheet of peper from cile eeetion en delworixi seid eheei to the chein' cle- .livery 29 wh etho next eeceion is passing the 'stripper roll.

`Ai1ywell known or* referred mesme suoli, for instance, as that disclosed in Patent No. 517,908, grene'd April 10, 189e, moy be emplayed to operate lthe gruppen: on the feed cylinder, the peper'carryinfz cylinder end 'tue eiriper roll, et the requieiee times.

'It is, elieved thai; my invention will be rmereecod Jvfirearm time oregroieg without furelier description and it will; be obvious the?, h" edjueing either of the plaie cylinders 1c on ite miie elle machine een be coover'ed from e @we color prese imo e perfeeeing preee enel that blproperiy eg the stripper roll the moc me mey be o eretved when uee es e, @we color prese eimer ce o erro color plete printing prese or e two color oliee press, the peper in the one insieme gesning entirely around the cyiller 7 and in the other insieme traveling only from the feelingz cylinder 17 to the stripper roE. I

ilel I here :chown end emribecl. the general coneirueeion ond arrangement o e prees, embodying my invention ii: 1:vill be obvious that the mechenicel eieile of conefzruction ere ce sible 'of wide vorieon with out departingt rom 'the e rit of the invention or eecriomg amy of t e materiel fuiven- 'te thereof.

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o .po er cog; vcylinder having iise circumxererice divied ieee emeiid nomi-.rer off eeceiom, e feeding @ci im reseion c? lieder for delivering peper eo eei eeeeioee cylinof .plelae cyiie'ere 'eciepie eo cooperate iireoglioue e poeeioe o' their cireemereoee Yrieix eei eeceionel cylinder eeici *Eeeiing and plete oylimiere beleg coneti'uoie ce re volvo with respeee to the eeeeioeel cylinder ce e ratio o to 2 whereby elle ieciivicluel eeetions of @eid eeeeionei cylin'er ere brought elfserneely ino cooperative relation successively wielithe feeding cylinder. emi the pleite oylinera, ond eeid elripper roil Abeing construote @o revolve el'. e. ratio of 3 to 1 with empece im the eeeeieriol cylinder and edeie to coperete with alter-note sectiene 'rl y o the eeeeioeel cylinder.

2.1m e peiling prees-ziehe combination of e oper oemymg cylinder hevieg ies circ'um ereriee fiivide c eeeeione, e 'eein howling e eircom eeen .equal eo eheleeggth oi two of eei eeeeioee e peir oi? ele'ee c3/lim dore o eueeegneieliyee .meme ciremnereece ee the eeeylmfe eeeh o seid pieee oeereeire rtioe enel cylinere -iieg'ee' on ceri oei very cylininopereeive poetico,

1. in e priming prese, the combnetioo of der, e. 'etripger ond eHrery'roiLeeci e peir iiiioee offici number o m lmpreeenom c 'ylmcierT Y Low odd number of sactions, a, feedmgand imd to'coperate pres-sion cylinei for delivering paper in isha' alternate sections of said paper cfi'rrym cylindexg'a plurality of plate cylinders eac vtive partion. p "natectwm of @m der, am@ :i strippm' mi e paper carryfv @mm/giammai :imi im .epam- @o eapemf wisii filiali#- a er cai-Wing cyiineiiwry @lavica rcvide wiih gmpp-za arranged to Withiijm thaiieets 0 paper from silteinaie sie-etica@ of the: paper limier sind deiw'f the same @may rom sai cylinei.

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@if mi imn may is@ emaim Se? vo can@ sam, by awsng the commissioner of miams.

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